page_title: Sola Air Station
section_title: Liberation and post-war
hierarchical_section_title: Sola Air Station / History / Liberation and post-war
caption_attribution_description: Northrop F-5A 14896 of 718 Squadron Norwegian Air Force in 1971
context_page_description: Sola Air Station is a base for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. It is located in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Air Wing 134 is stationed at Sola along with Helicopter Squadron 330.
  Also located at Sola is Stavanger Airport, Sola and an aviation museum. Near Sola, at Jåttå in Stavanger is NATOs Joint Warfare Center.
context_section_description: The next paratrooper landing at Sola took place May 9, 1945. This time, it was British and Norwegian troops that recaptured the airfield. 
  330 Squadron was the first Norwegian squadron to land after the war. The squadron had been founded in Britain during the war and Sola was the first airfield to host Norwegian war-planes after the war. Squadron 330 was later disbanded, but the airfield remained as the biggest military airfield in the country up to the 1960s.
  In early 1946, 333 Squadron came here, but it was moved to Tromsø during the Korean War. In 1953 it came back, but left for Andøya in 1963. 331 Squadron came in 1952. It was later disbanded and reformed until it moved to Bodø in 1955. 718 Squadron was formed here in 1952 and during the 1970s operated the Northrop F-5 fighter. The squadron remained until it was disbanded in 1982.
  Sola Air Station has been considered to be closed, but will continue as a base for maritime helicopter operations.
caption: Northrop F-5A of 718 Squadron based at Sola in the early 1970s
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